Before the 2007 elections, Charles Margai broke away from the party after failing to secure the candidacy, subsequently establishing the People’s Movement for Democratic Change (AC Vol 54 No 16, Shadowy third-term plan for Koroma)...

Bio was willing but then Koroma pulled out and Charles Margai of the People’s Movement for Democratic Change withdrew because he wanted the debate to be about Koroma’s record (AC Vol 48 No 21, The new man picks his team)...

It backed Koroma in a surprise move that its leader, Charles Margai, said was intended to heal the tribal and regional split in the country, after the 11 August first-round polls showed that the north and west had voted for the APC, while the south and east had voted for the Mende-dominated SLPP and PMDC parties...